Ralph Hug Jr. was born in Reno, Nevada in 1931 and has made a lasting mark on Nevada’s legal and judicial history as Senior U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Hug attended the University of Nevada, Reno where he followed in his father’s footsteps as Student Body President.  After serving as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, Hug graduated from Stanford Law School in 1958. He returned to Nevada to practice law in Reno’s then-small legal community. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated Judge Hug to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His accomplishments include drafting the framework for Nevada’s present-day Gaming Control Act, and working to establish the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the UNR School of Medicine, and the National Judicial College.  

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